Marie Look is a writer of creative nonfiction. Her personal essays have appeared in The Bluebird Word, HerStry, and Hot Pot Magazine, among others. As a journalist, she has contributed celebrity interviews, travel articles, and more to regional and national magazines. She studied journalism at the University of Oklahoma and creative writing at UCLA Extension. At the latter she was a nominee for the 2023 Allegra Johnson Writing Prize. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, daughter, and dog.

Q&A

Q&A with Anna B. Moore, author of Don’t Pity the Desperate

By MARIE LOOK

[Myra] does not choose this purpose to start out with—it’s a path made by the omnipresent superficiality of popular culture, Twelve-Step language and rituals, and the lack of adult mentorship in her life.